The 2012 Hummer Humvee Military is a brand under the car giant General Motors, which was originally created to be used for military purposes.The 2012 Hummer Humvee Military High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle is a highly durable military motor vehicle. It has largely supplanted the role formerly served by the Jeep and other light trucks with the United States military, and is also used by a number of other countries and organizations.It is one 2012 Hummer Humvee Military of the numerous car models that concentrate mainly on the military “high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles” or HMMWV or Humvees. It is one of the most sought after car models 2012 Hummer Humvee Military by car collectors and patrons not only in the United States but also in Europe, Japan, Australia and other parts of the world as well.There are at least 17 variants of the HMMWV in service with the United States armed forces. The 2012 Hummer Humvee Military serve as cargo/troop carriers, automatic weapons platforms, ambulances (four litter patients or eight ambulatory patients), M220 TOW missile carriers, M119 howitzer prime movers, M-1097 Avenger Pedestal Mounted Stinger platforms, MRQ-12 direct air support vehicles, S250 shelter carriers among many others. It is capable of fording 2.5 ft (76 cm) normally, or 5 ft (1.5 m) with the deep-water fording kit installed.The Optional equipment includes a winch (maximum load capacity 6000 lb. (2700 kg)), and supplemental armor. The 2012 Hummer Humvee Military and M1043/M1044 armament carriers provide mounting and firing capabilities for the MK19 grenade launcher, the M2 machine gun, the M240G machine gun and M249 SAW. The newly introduced M1114 "up-armored" HMMWV also features a similar weapons mount. Recently, there is also a new type of the HMMWV introduced featuring a CROWS crew served optical weapons station, which lets the machine gunner operate from inside the vehicle.